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Defining immigration vocabulary: immigrant, push and pull factors, culture and citizen
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Immigration Worksheets
Why people move to a new country, push and pull factors, the story of Ellis Island, and interviewing someone who moved.
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Why people move
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View all 2 pagesPush and pull factors sort worksheet
Sorting reasons people move into push factors and pull factors
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View all 2 pagesPush and pull factors cut and paste
Sorting reasons people move into push factors and pull factors
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Immigrant stories
View all 2 pagesEllis island reading passage for 3rd grade
Reading about immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and why they came
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Gathering information about why and how people move by interviewing someone
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Review
View all 2 pagesImmigration quiz for 3rd grade
Reviewing immigration vocabulary, push and pull factors and Ellis Island
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About these immigration worksheets
People have always moved from place to place. Third graders learn why: push factors, like war or a lack of jobs, make people leave, and pull factors, like work, safety or family, draw them to a new place. They read about the millions of immigrants who arrived through Ellis Island and talk with someone who has moved.
These immigration worksheets include a vocabulary poster, a push or pull sort with its cut and paste twin, an Ellis Island reading passage, an interview page and a quiz.
Every page is black and white, prints on US Letter or A4, and every page with right answers has an answer key on page 2.
Standards
C3 D2.Geo.7.3-5Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.C3 D2.His.2.3-5Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.8Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
How to use them
- Start with the poster. Ask: has your family, or someone you know, ever moved? Why?
- Use the push or pull sort or its cut and paste twin.
- Read Welcome to Ellis Island and find the push and pull factors in it.
- Send home the interview page. Any move counts: a new town, state or country.
- Finish with the quiz.
Teaching tips
- Be sensitive: some children or their families are recent immigrants or refugees, and some moves were hard. Let children choose what to share.
- The interview page works for anyone who moved, so no child is left out.
- Immigrant (coming in) and emigrant (going out) describe the same person from two directions.
- Ellis Island (1892–1954) welcomed about 12 million immigrants. Angel Island in San Francisco Bay received many immigrants from Asia (1910–1940).
- Keep the topic positive and factual: people bring languages, foods and traditions that become part of their communities.
Questions teachers and parents ask
What are push and pull factors?
Push factors are reasons people leave a place, like war, drought or a lack of jobs. Pull factors are reasons people move to a new place, like jobs, safety, schools or family.
What was Ellis Island?
Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, was the main entry point for immigrants to the United States from 1892 to 1954. About 12 million people arrived there.
Is this topic right for every class?
Yes, with care. The pages are factual and positive, and the interview page lets any child talk with someone who moved, from another town, state or country.